So after this chapter, I don't think I am going to do any more big time jumps. I hope you like this chapter because I did have fun writing it.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own the characters or Vampire academy. Only the plot.

Court life sucked. That's why I was so glad that today I got to move back into my house at Lehigh. It was also depressing that this was our last year here. Because once this year was over, I will have to go back to court, and go back to all the political crap. And the year was almost over. In 1 week to be exact.

I don't know what Dimitri and I are. Every now and then we had our stolen kisses, and when I cried, he was there comforting me. I think everyone knew of our relationship, but they never really talked about it.

"Is that all?" I asked. We were all standing on the porch and we had just got some new furniture. Dimitri and Eddie were walking the perimeter putting in wards. Mason and Lissa's other guardian Mikhail were scoping the neighborhood with both Riley's guardians. Christian didn't get guardians because ever since his parents turned Strigoi when he was younger, the guardian council seemed to never have enough guardians for the Ozera family, and it wasn't fair because he was technically, Royal. He says he doesn't mind because Riley, Lissa, Adrian, and I all had two guardians each. Adrian's guardians were standing behind us being all stiff.

"Yup." Riley said. When he graduated high school, he did in fact come to Lehigh with us. The house was big enough so he came and lived with us. Lissa and Christian shared a room, I had my own room as did Riley and Adrian, and the guardians figured how to put 8 guardians in two rooms. I felt bad, but they said that they all took shifts anyway.

"Good." Lissa said, and walked inside holding Christian's hand. I turned to Riley and pretended to gag. That got a smile from one of the guardians.

Lissa is majoring in Psychology, I'm majoring in Political Science/Government, Adrian is majoring in Art, and Riley is majoring in Architecture.

We took the night classes so it was easier for us. Sometimes we had to take day classes though, and that sucked. We had a feeder at home for when we needed them.

Christian and Lissa basically took up the living room for a movie, so I went up to my room. I got the master bedroom, and I loved it. That meant I had my own private bathroom, and I had a balcony. I opened the French doors and walked out onto my balcony. The night was cool, and I saw Dimitri walking around the perimeter. Like he could sense me watching him, he turned around and met my eyes. I smiled and then walked back into my room.

I decided to take a shower, and when I got out of the shower I saw Dimitri standing in the doorframe with his arms crossed.

"Hey there comrade." I said smiling back. "You off duty?"

"For now yeah." He said and I walked up to him. I grabbed his rough, callused hand and pulled him into my room. Then I turned and closed my door. I went back to him, grabbed him hand and sat down on the bed. When I first moved here with Lissa and Christian, I asked him why no longer thought that our relationship was wrong.

"Roza, I tried to distant myself from you because I knew that whatever we had was wrong." He said. We were all alone, and sitting in front of the fireplace.

"Because you are 7 years older than me?" I guessed.

"Not only that but because you were the Korsakov princess." He bent his head down and was rubbing my hands. "I knew that you were going to be betrothed, so I thought if I tried to get rid of the feelings I had for you, it would make watching you get married to some man easier."

"What changed?" I asked.

"When you were slammed into that car," He said, "it was the first time you were attacked by a Strigoi, and I knew that you could easily be taken away from me. Then when I sat by your bedside at the hospital, I knew I couldn't let these feeling hide anymore. But I knew I had to wait till you got out of high school, or things could get ugly. I just don't want you to die never knowing my feelings for you." I reached out and lifted his chin up, and then I kissed him passionately.

"No one can know of this though." I said when we parted. "Things could get ugly." He just nodded and I smiled. "Dimitri Belikov, I love you."

"I love you too Roza."

That was when we began out secret affair. Though everyone who lived in this house knew.

"Pink." I murmured. We had our foreheads touching each other as we sat in silent.

"What?" He asked pulling back looking me in the eyes.

'Your aura right now is pink."

"Is that good?" He asked with a smile on his face.

"It means you are in love." Then I leaned forward and kissed him. The feeling when I kiss him is unbelievable. There is so much passion, love, emotion, and happiness.

"I am, trust me Roza. I am." Then he gave me a light kiss. I was about to deepen the kiss when he stood up. I gave him a puzzled look when he said, "Rose, I love you, but I don't trust myself alone with you." I could see lust and want in his eyes.

"Then don't." I said with so much seductiveness in my voice.

"Rose, I don't have any protection." He whispered, and I sighed. We needed protection. I couldn't get pregnant. Not with a dhampir. I had to have Moroi children. He knew my mood change and he put a kiss on my forehead and then left.

I scowled, looked at my clock and cursed. I had class in 20 minutes. So I went to my walk in closet to change out of my sweats. I slipped on a pair of skinny jeans, a really cute top that I got at BCBG and some sandals.

Then I grabbed my sunglasses, put them on top of my head, grabbed my book bag and ran out of my room. Eddie and Dimitri were waiting for me, and Eddie had his backpack and everything since he was technically student with me. I didn't know what Dimitri did during my class, but I knew he wasn't in the class itself.

"Back to school Rose." Eddie said as we began walking. We lived off campus, but it was right next to the school. A lot of upperclassmen had houses next to ours. It took about a few minutes for us to get to the center of the college, but not a lot of time. About the same if we lived in dorms.

"Shut up." I said playfully as we walked across campus. Unfortunately it was a day class, so the sun was out bright. Even though I had my sunglasses on, I still rolled my eyes.

We got to class on time. This particular class that I was taking was a dual seminar. One of the women's right professors and the U.S. Political professors teamed up and taught together. The class was long, but I didn't mind it too much.

"Let's go for some coffee." I said as Eddie and I walked out of class. Dimitri fell into step with us as we walked across campus to a nice little café. I ordered a chocolate biscotti and a caramel frappacino. The boys didn't want anything so I paid for my stuff and we started towards the library. Eddie and I had to do an essay and there was no point of going back home since we had another class in about an hour.

I got a lot of my essay done before we had to go to my next class. Thankfully it was my last class for the day. It was my Political Theory class. Also, my favorite. My world had to follow the same laws as humans, but we also had our own laws, but we didn't learn those in college. That was when we went to court or we learned in school.

That class went by fast and then we started our journey back home. When we got back home, Christian was in the kitchen.

"Hey Christian, where's Lissa?" I asked as I sat down at the island.

"She had class." He said chopping vegetables and throwing them in a pan. "I'm making stir fry. But this recipe is supposed to be amazing, yet healthy."

"Dude, where's the fat?" I joked. We actually ate pretty healthy around here. Yeah we had our junk food, but we mostly grilled everything instead of frying it. I reached over and grabbed some green pepper. Before he could say anything, I smiled and walked out. "Save me some." I yelled as I went into the living room.

I went up to my room and decided on a shower. When I got out of the shower I changed into some comfy sweats and a v-neck. I got downstairs to see that the food was ready and all the men were in the living room watching football. Serena, Riley's guardian was eating at the island while reading the newspaper.

"Where is everyone?" I asked as I got a plate and sat down next to her.

"Riley, Christian, Adrian, Dimitri, Eddie, and Caleb are all watching the football game. Mikhail and Jackson are doing patrol. Molly is sleeping I think. And Lissa has gone upstairs to take a shower." Serena said. Caleb and Serena were Riley's guardians, and Molly and Jackson were Adrian's.

"Wonderful." I said as I ate. Lissa came down and got herself a plate of food and sat down next to me.

"You would think they would have something more important to do with their lives than watch a silly football game." Lissa said as she began her meal.

"Hey, I heard that." Christian said as he walked in the kitchen. He came over to Lissa and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "And for your information, it is an important game." Then all the guys cheered and he ran back out asking what he missed.

"Boys." I muttered under my breath. "So Liss, how was class?" I asked trying to change the subject.

"Good," She said as I went to put my dish in the sink. "Personally I can't wait to go back to court and start work."

"What is wrong with you?" I asked and Serena just laughed.

"I would love to chat with you, but it's my turn for patrolling our little yard." She said and I took her plate and began to wash it. "Eddie, let's go." She called out and I could hear him groan. I heard the door open and shut, waited a few minutes, and watched as two very exhausted looking guardians came walking in. I already had two plates ready for them.

"Thanks Rose." Mikhail said and Jason just nodded as they went and sat at the table.

"Want anything to drink?" I asked as I walked to the fridge.

"Coke please." Jason said and Mikhail agreed. I grabbed two Cokes and sat them down in front of them. "Thanks." They said as they continued to eat.

"So no Strigoi out there?" I asked standing between their two chairs.

"Not that we found." Mikhail said with a little laugh.

"Now you two off to bed." I said to them as I grabbed their plates. They looked dead on their feet.

"Yes mother." Jason said sarcastically as he left the kitchen. I just laughed at them and Mikhail thanked me once more before following Jason. Dimitri came in as I just finished wiping the counters.

"You'll be a great mother." He said as he grabbed an apple.

"Too bad it won't be the children of the guy that I love." I said, and it was right. I loved Dimitri, I was learning that, but I was going to be forced into marrying some royal guy that can help extend my family line. "So unfair." I said leaning against the counter.

Dimitri came up to me and put his hands on both sides of me. Then he bent down and put a kiss on my lips. "Roza, it is what' right. But don't worry. I won't leave you." He whispered, and I snaked a hand around his neck and brought his lips down on mine. The kiss was beyond words and we had to break apart for air.

"I've got to finish studying." I whispered against his lips and he just backed away. I had finals starting tomorrow and finish all my final essays.

I retreated up to my room to started and started praying that I would graduate.

….

"Rosemarie Korsakov." The dean said and I smiled. I went up got my diploma and went back to my seat. I finally graduated. The ceremony went by fast after that and we did the whole throw our caps in the air and went around and hugged each other though we were sweating through our gowns.

I found Lissa standing next to Eddie talking. The other guardians started coming forward and we all made a circle. Riley came and hugged me to congratulate me. That lucky bastard got to stay here for two more years while I went back to court to begin my new life.

We left the football field were our ceremony was held and went back to our place.

"Congrats Roza." Dimitri whispered in my ear, and I looked up smiling. We piled into our cars and headed back to our boxed up house. Riley had some friends moving in and we were moving out. When we got to the house we had all gotten out of the car when one of the guardians suddenly stopped us.

Serena quickly took out her stake and the rest of the guardians did the same thing. By now the sun was down and I noticed that the front porch lights were out. The guardians quickly got Riley, Lissa, Christian, Adrian, and I in the middle as they all made a circle around us. Then there was a Strigoi right in front of us. Looking around I saw a lot of them. Maybe 10 or 12. I didn't really know.

In a matter of seconds they were all fighting each other. I saw three Strigoi go down right away. One Strigoi snapped Serena's neck and her eyes went blank. Another grabbed Mason and threw him against the car and I didn't know if he was alive or not.

There were 5 Strigoi approaching us and I could tell everyone was scared. Then 2 of them went into flames. I looked over and saw that Christian was doing it. Then something clicked in my head. I focused deep and hard and tried to grab as much magic as I could. I focused it on a Strigoi and then I saw the life just taken away from him. He fell on the ground and I swear I thought I saw his ghost. By the time I went to do the same thing on the other Strigoi, I saw that there were no more left.

Lissa and Adrian were looking at me as if I just discovered water. Christian looked as if he was about to pass out. Riley was looking at everything, probably remembering when we were attacked by Strigoi 4 years ago. Eddie was going over to Mason to see if he was alive. That's when I saw him.

Dimitri. He was lying on the ground lifelessly and blood was surrounding him. I ran to him and fell down next to him.

"DIMITRI!" I screamed and everyone came running forward. "Don't die please." I was crying and then I remembered. I could make him shadow-kissed. "Liss, Adrian, how…do…I…bring…him back..." I asked between my sobs.

"I don't know." Lissa said. "I can't remember what I did specifically."

"I just kept thinking that I didn't want Molly to die." Adrian said softly. "Rose don't do it. It will hurt you. Please." He begged.

"I HAVE TO!" I yelled at him. "I LOVE HIM! I HAVE TO SAVE HIM!" Then I focused back on Dimitri. I tried grabbing all my magic, but I had used a lot of it on that Strigoi. "Please don't leave me. Dimitri don't die. I love you. Please!" I sobbed into his chest. I kept trying to grab all the magic. Then I remembered all the moments between Dimitri and I.

"Rose stop." I turned around and saw Dimitri behind me.

"If she thinks she can just dictate my life, well, she's wrong." I screamed at him. Something was happening to me and I didn't know what it was. "She should mind her own fucking business." Of course I was talking about my grandmother.

"Rose snap out of this." He said as he grabbed my shoulders. "This isn't you. This is the spirit." He kept saying. I tried fighting him, but it was no use. He was way too strong for me. "Rose." That did it. I snapped out and saw the concern for me written all over his face. I started to cry and sunk into his arms. "Shh, Rose." Then I looked up at him. I grabbed his face and brought it down onto my lips.

That was the beginning of our relationship right before my freshman year of college.

"Tasha asked you to be her guardian?" I asked. We were at the house at Lehigh and Tasha Ozera; Christian's aunt came to visit us for Christmas.

"Yes she wants me to be her guardian, and she offered for me to be the father of her children." He said looking down at his hands. We were sitting out on my bed looking out the French door watching it snow.

"Well, you have to take it." I whispered.

"What?" He asked looking up.

"Dimitri, I know you want kids. I can't give them to you. I have to marry some royal and have children to expand my family line. Tasha though can give you children and make you happy. That's what I want. Is for you to be happy. So go take it." I said and I got up. I started walking away when I felt a hand wrap around my waist. Dimitri spun me around so fast that I didn't have time to blink.

"Roza," He said as hurt came from his voice. "You don't get to give up on us. Don't you get it? You make me happy. I don't care if you can't give me kids. I don't want to be with Tasha. I want to be with you. Tasha is nice, proper, knows her place, quiet, and obedient. You are loud, obnoxious, a trouble maker, beautiful, amazingly smart, kind, loving, a slob, lazy, and I love you. I love you so much."

That was when he first told me he loved me.

"Well that wasn't that much of a disaster." I said setting my wristlet down on the bed. We were at court for Christmas my junior year of college. It has been a year since Dimitri turned down Tasha's offer and told me he loved me. My grandmother threw a Christmas ball and we were all forced to attend. I was able to bring a date, so I brought Dimitri. We actually had fun. We talked to some royals and my grandmother, danced, ate, laughed, and danced some more.

"See, not everything you do with your grandmother is horribly painful." Dimitri joked as he took off his tux jacket.

"No just 99% of the time." I joked as I went over to my vanity and took out my pearl earring and pear barrette. Dimitri came up behind me and took off my pearl necklace. Then be bent his head down and kissed my bare shoulders. I was starting to thank the fact that I wore a strapless gown.

I turned around and he kissed me on the lips. Then my hands went up to his tie and undid it, then started unbuttoning his shirt. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He brought me over to the bed and laid me down. Then he lay down on top of me but shifted so he didn't put weight on me.

Then he took his hands and traveled down my waist and to the ends of my dress. He rubbed my knees, gathered the fabric in his hands and began to push it up. When he got my dress off, he proceeded to take off my thong. Then his mouth went to my neck as he reached behind my back and unhooked my bra. He grabbed the bra and flung it across the room. He then took his mouth off of my neck and placed in on my left breast. He massaged it with his mouth as his hand went to my other breast and began massaging that. When he was finished he switched and repeated.

When he was done, I flipped him over so I was straddling him. I reached down and unbuttoned his pants. Then I wanted to tease him so I undid his zipper one tooth at a time. He moaned, and I could tell he was getting impatient.

"Whoa there comrade." I said seductively. "It's my turn."

All I got in return was him moaning "Roza" over and over as if it was a Russian prayer. When his pants were off I ripped off his boxers.

"I liked those." He said when I tossed the fabric across the room.

"Tough." I said as my hand went to his erection. He moaned as a moved it up and down slowly then went faster as I went. Then I stopped and he just moaned. I gave him one of my man-eater smiles as I kept eye contact with him as I bent down and kissed his tip. That seemed to do the trick. He began murmuring 'Roza' again as I took him in my mouth and moved up and down. I started going fast and he seemed to like it because he put a hand in my hair and was guiding me.

Then he forced himself out of my mouth. I gave him a confused expression. I thought he was enjoying it. "I'm about to come." He whispered because I don't think he could find his voice. I once again gave him one of my man-eater smiles and took him back in me. I went up and down once more and with one suck, he bursted in me. I drank it all before I went back up to his mouth. I was straddling him again. Then I took his hands and pinned them above his head. He moaned as I started rocking my hips against his and I could feel his erection again.

Before I knew it he had flipped us back over so now I was lying on the bottom and he was hovering over me. I took my hand never breaking eye contact and reached over to my nightstand drawer. I opened it and grabbed a condom that was in there. I opened it and then put it on him.

"Are you sure?" He asked me once I had the condom on him. "I don't want to hurt you." He whispered and I swear I saw fear in his eyes. He really didn't want to hurt me.

"Dimitri?" I asked quietly.

"Rose?" He asked and I think he thought I was hesitating.

"I need you right now." And boy did I ever. That was what he need and he slowly entered into me. He adjusted and then pulled back out almost all the way before thrusting back into me. I could tell he was going slowly because he didn't want to hurt me. "Faster." I whispered and he picked up his pace but not much. It was sweet that he didn't want to hurt me, but I didn't want sweet right now. "Faster." I said and he picked up a bit. "Damn it comrade. If you don't go faster I'm going to kick your ass." I yelled.

"Don't. Call. Me. That." He said as he thrust as hard as he could. Then we both went over the edge screaming each other's name. He rolled off of me and we were both covered in sweat. "Wow." Was all he said.

I got up on my side and kissed his jaw. "Tell me about it. You ready for round two?" I asked and we spent all night enjoying each other.

That was the first time we slept together. All of these memories were flooding my memory and I focused it all on Dimitri. Then all of a sudden, he inhaled a big breath. That was all I remembered as darkness overtook me.

YEAH! Dimitri is shadow kissed. I know a bunch of you were asking me if and when I was going to make him shadow kissed. Then I really wanted to add in some good memories of Rose and Dimitri since I did do that big time jump and they were suddenly in love. Please review. I really like to know what you think of this story! Also I appreciate the criticism and any ideas you have.

For help of the guardians here you go;

Adrian's guardians: Molly and Jackson

Riley's guardians: Serena and Caleb

Lissa's guardians: Mason and Mikhail

Rose's guardians: Dimitri =) and Eddie